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Coronavirus

More than 100 US diplomats and family fly back to China

Mission had evacuated in February for coronavirus

A cargo plane chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate Americans and Canadians from China is seen at Vancouver International Airport in February.    © Reuters

More than 100 U.S. diplomats and family members flew to China on Wednesday, according to internal State Department emails, as Washington pressed ahead with its plan to restaff its diplomatic mission at a time of heightened tensions between the world's two largest economies.

A chartered commercial aircraft left Dulles airport outside Washington for the South Korean capital, Seoul, where passengers would transfer to another aircraft outfitted for medical operations before flying to the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

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